Nakoruru: Ah, another wonderful chapter coming everyone's way! Woo hoo!
Ryo: What are you so happy about?
Nakoruru: Well. . .I was thinking about how this story's gonna end in about two or three more chapters. I have a plan brewing for a slight small side plot or something like that.
Ryo: Okay, just as long as you finish this chapter today so you can get to working on the others. Now let's hit the reviewers. And this time, not so literally Nako.
Nakoruru (^ ^): That was an accident last time. I didn't honestly mean to.
Lady Love- Welcome back for another addition of my crossover. Thanks for the comment. Oh, and you're right on the mark in your observation about one of the boys being one of the two girls' you mentioned son, but which were you talking about?
SL23- Thank you for getting who Kaze is! I was sure that it would fly over people's head. It was too big a hint, but I couldn't help it. But if you realized, I gave you a hint to who Kage is by his whole appearance and attack. When you find out who he is, you'll get the hints.
Mitsukai- Yeah!!!! You're the only one who got who Kage is! He's the second part of your statement, their son! ^ ^ You're sharp! And yep, Kaze is our favorite youkai's (second only to probably Hiei) son! Have plushies of my two sweeties. (gives a Kage and Kaze plushie) And you know what, you gave me an idea to continue this story a bit further. The fight with Alshra really shouldn't have been that easy, but I'm not going to do anything wide scale like with Hiten in Thoughts Of Yesterday. Oh, and I'll answer the other part of your review in an email.
Nakoruru: Now let's get going with this story! Kaze and Kage are about to be revealed to the readers who they are. And why exactly they really came from the future.
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Yusuke, Kurama, and Kuwabara followed the young man called Kaze, a friend of Kage, the male from the future that had come back in time to help them and change the events of the future, through the Makai to where Serena supposedly was. Kurama was in a way edgy about this male. There was something about his smell that Kurama could not place. And the fact that he didn't bother to mask his energy made Kurama wonder even more.
If he came from the future and he was a half demon, did that mean that Kurama knew his parents. There were not many demons that lived in the Ningen Kai after all. There was just him, Hiei, Yukina, Jin, Toya, and Shishiwakamaru. Who were his parents?
"You know, you have nothing to worry about," Kaze grinned as he tilted his head to the side to stare at Kurama.
"How did you know I was thinking about you?" Kurama said in an almost suspicious tone. Was this male a psychic? Was that how he knew about Kage coming from the future and so on.
"Hey, you don't have to worry about me. I'm not telepathic or anything. It's just that whenever someone talks or thinks about me, my ears twitch," Kaze said as he pointed to his ears, which were indeed twitching. "They get any pointer and I'll put some eyes out."
In that brief second, Yusuke realized why this male seemed familiar. There was only one person who would make a remark like that. It made sense now. The ears, the powers, the cocky attitude, all of it reminded Yusuke of Jin. Was this kid one of Jin and Lita's children in the future? Yusuke would bet every battle he'd fought that this Kaze was. It also made sense why his name translated into wind.
"Thinking about me too Yusuke," Kaze remarked as his ears kept twitching. Kaze found an amused smirk rise to Yusuke's face.
"You know, you're just like him, down to every aspect," Yusuke smirked. For a moment the young man just blinked at the older man before a smirk appeared on his face too.
"So you figured out who I was. Mind keeping it between just us," Kaze said.
"All right deal," Yusuke said.
"By any chance, you haven't figured out who Kage is, did you?" Kaze asked curiously.
"No, I haven't had a chance to observe him like when you were putting on a show back there with Kagura," Yusuke teased.
"Hee, hee. Did I really go overboard with it?" The look Yusuke gave him made the grin on his face grows even more. "My mother always said I had a thing for showy battles. Guess she was right."
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"Are you sure that Serena's fine?" Mari asked the young man that had came and freed him and the other captured young men that Alshra held.
"Yes, I was with her a few minutes ago. She told me to come free you while she finishes taking care of Alshra. You don't have to worry, she won't come after you anymore. You're free to go wherever you want now," Kage replied.
"Could you thank her for us?" Mari asked hopefully. "Could you tell her that we appreciate everything that she has done for us today?" Kage gave the young man a short nod. "Thank you."
Kage watched all the young boys that had been trapped by Alshra leave the compound. "Now that that's done, all I have to do is wait for Serena to come out with Hiei. Then this place will go up in flames." The young man sliced through one of Alshra's statues in order to make it a seat for him to wait for the others. Running a hand through his hair, Kage looked up at the sky. There was still much to be done. At that moment, a ring from his pocket sounded.
Taking out something from his pocket that looked like Serena's star locket, Kage flipped it open. An image of a woman with long pink hair and a male with short black hair with a tuff of blonde in it appeared on the monitor. "Shiro, what in all of the Makai are you doing sitting around like you don't have something to do?" shouted the woman with long pink hair. Her red eyes narrowed as the young man sighed and looked away. "Shiro! You little brat! When I get my hands on you. . ."
"Hey, there's no reason to get angry with me you know," the male said. "I was just thinking about something. What is it that you want anyway Rini?"
"If you weren't my baby brother Shiro, I would kill you. What I wanted was to know the hold up," future Rini said with exasperation. "I swear, you are more like otou-chan than Ryo, or me isn't that right Ryo." The question was directed at the male that was beside her grinning from ear to ear. Rini glared over at him and smacked the male in the back of the head. "Baka."
"What did I do?" yelped future Ryo.
"You're amused that he's turning out to be a brat more each day. I remember when he was sweet and innocent. It's your fault he turned out like that!" Mirai (future) Rini smacked Mirai Ryo in the back of the head again. "Such a damn bad influence."
"I'm going," Shiro said.
"What? Wait a minute! You do remember the mission don't you kid?" Mirai Rini said.
"Yeah. . .me and Shinya apprehend Kiro before he can do anymore damage here, and to protect mother and the others. I know everything by now," Shiro, code named Kage, said as he got up from the halved statue. (A/N: Kage means shadow and when Hiei's name is translated it means flying shadow which is why I gave him that code name cause he's like his father in a way. Funny huh? ^ ^)
"One second Shiro, we're sending Sana to help you," Mirai Rini said. A frown appeared on Shiro's face. "I know that you two have your differences, but you know that she can be a great help to you and Shinya."
"I don't need a mutt working with me. Shinya and I are enough to take care of things. I'm going to find mother and make sure that she's fine. Call me back when you have something important to tell me." Shiro closed the communicator and walked back into the complex to look for his future mother. He knew that he shouldn't have been so mean to his sister, but he was really not in the mood to deal with that incompetent half ningen, half youko witch. He had a feeling that was why she was calling.
Why did they always do that to him when he and Shinya were on assignments? When they were younger, the two got along well, but since puberty, she had been the most annoying specimen of mixed breeding to ever be produced. Well, there was nothing to be done now. Koenma wanted them to work together, so be it. He would work with her as long as humanly possible, then kick her back to the future to go on an assignment with Yukari, Hitomi, Takuya, and the others.
Meanwhile, a pair of violet eyes stared down at a certain unconscious woman. That attack she had used took almost everything out of her. "It would be so empty to kill you while you're so vulnerable future Millennia Queen Serenity. I shall await when you are at full power. You may have stopped me in the future, but here, you shall fall before you reach that status." The figure knelt down beside her and kissed her hand. Pulling back, the figure slipped into the shadows. Alshra was only the beginning of what was in store for her.
A minute later, Shiro walked into the room that he had left Serena in carrying a still unconscious Hiei. Gently placing his father down beside his mother, Ryo sat not too far from them, staring at them. The male's blue eyes grow dangerously dark as he lowered his head onto his drew up knees. "Don't worry, I promise that I will carry out this mission to the fullest. Even if it means giving up my life to protect you. I won't let anything happen to you again."
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Kaze (now identified as Shinya who is the oldest child of Lita and Jin) walked up to the statue that was practically sliced in half with a shake of his head, but an unwavering smile. "This Kage's work all right. Only he would got into a fit like this."
"You mean that he can slice through solid granite?" Kuwabara said.
"Yep! His sword was specially made. It can slice through any material. Even solid gold," Kaze said. "But don't worry, he wouldn't use it on just anyone. I've been his partner for a while now, and even though he's threatened to use it on a "gnat" as he calls her, he hasn't yet. We should get going and find him. I'm sure that he won't be too far from your friends."
The group headed towards where Kaze sensed the other male. Within moments, they were in the room that Serena had fought in. Yusuke, Kurama, and Kuwabara found Hiei and Serena unconscious against a wall. Not too far from them Kage watched them with angst eyes. They quickly cleared when he saw Kaze looking at him sympathetically. Kage stood up from where he sat and walked over to the group.
"Hello again Yusuke, Kurama, Kuwabara. As you see the battle's over. And the captured young men have been set free. And as you see, they're fine, just a bit tired," Kage remarked once reaching them. He then turned his eyes on Kaze. "You had to show off again, didn't you?"
"What makes you think that?" the male with brownish-red hair grinned.
"If it was anyone else, they would have finished that match and headed out already. I swear. . .I don't know what I'm going to do with you, you show boater. By the way, Hime and Hiryu says they're sending Tsuta to help us."
(A/N: Hime translates into princess, which is what Rini is, while Hiryu is a sort of combination word. Hi meaning flame or fire and Ryu being dragon put them together and you get fire dragon. Idea comes from Hiei's Ensatsu Kokuryuha attack. Sana's code name translates to ivy, which you'll understand why when she battles.)
"Guess I'm playing mediator yet again," Kaze smirked, until Kage gave him a completely not amused stare. "Okay, okay, I'll stop with the jokes. But for a while we should get out of here. We do have a mission still."
"Yeah." Kage turned to the group with a short smile. "Take care of them. We have to get going." Before anyone could say a word, the two disappeared into thin air.
"Does anyone get the feeling that we will be seeing them again?" Kuwabara said.
"Yeah, but we should get these two back to their family. I think we can worry about what those two plan on doing later," Yusuke said. There was something more to their appearance than just changing the future. Yusuke had a feeling that whatever it was they were already deeply involved in it.
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Nakoruru: Okay, there you go people. Now you know the identities of Kage and Kaze. How many were surprised by this discovery or like "I had a feeling" sort of thing overcome you?
Blazer: So you're going to continue this a bit further. I guess it would be odd if it wasn't like our normal fics. So you're going to be juggling this and "A Place For My Head" for a while, or at least you finish one?
Nakoruru: Yep! Okay everyone. How did you like it? Review and tell us! The next chapter shall be out Sunday. This time I won't forget to write the chapter. So until then!
Ryo: What are you so happy about?
Nakoruru: Well. . .I was thinking about how this story's gonna end in about two or three more chapters. I have a plan brewing for a slight small side plot or something like that.
Ryo: Okay, just as long as you finish this chapter today so you can get to working on the others. Now let's hit the reviewers. And this time, not so literally Nako.
Nakoruru (^ ^): That was an accident last time. I didn't honestly mean to.
Lady Love- Welcome back for another addition of my crossover. Thanks for the comment. Oh, and you're right on the mark in your observation about one of the boys being one of the two girls' you mentioned son, but which were you talking about?
SL23- Thank you for getting who Kaze is! I was sure that it would fly over people's head. It was too big a hint, but I couldn't help it. But if you realized, I gave you a hint to who Kage is by his whole appearance and attack. When you find out who he is, you'll get the hints.
Mitsukai- Yeah!!!! You're the only one who got who Kage is! He's the second part of your statement, their son! ^ ^ You're sharp! And yep, Kaze is our favorite youkai's (second only to probably Hiei) son! Have plushies of my two sweeties. (gives a Kage and Kaze plushie) And you know what, you gave me an idea to continue this story a bit further. The fight with Alshra really shouldn't have been that easy, but I'm not going to do anything wide scale like with Hiten in Thoughts Of Yesterday. Oh, and I'll answer the other part of your review in an email.
Nakoruru: Now let's get going with this story! Kaze and Kage are about to be revealed to the readers who they are. And why exactly they really came from the future.
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Yusuke, Kurama, and Kuwabara followed the young man called Kaze, a friend of Kage, the male from the future that had come back in time to help them and change the events of the future, through the Makai to where Serena supposedly was. Kurama was in a way edgy about this male. There was something about his smell that Kurama could not place. And the fact that he didn't bother to mask his energy made Kurama wonder even more.
If he came from the future and he was a half demon, did that mean that Kurama knew his parents. There were not many demons that lived in the Ningen Kai after all. There was just him, Hiei, Yukina, Jin, Toya, and Shishiwakamaru. Who were his parents?
"You know, you have nothing to worry about," Kaze grinned as he tilted his head to the side to stare at Kurama.
"How did you know I was thinking about you?" Kurama said in an almost suspicious tone. Was this male a psychic? Was that how he knew about Kage coming from the future and so on.
"Hey, you don't have to worry about me. I'm not telepathic or anything. It's just that whenever someone talks or thinks about me, my ears twitch," Kaze said as he pointed to his ears, which were indeed twitching. "They get any pointer and I'll put some eyes out."
In that brief second, Yusuke realized why this male seemed familiar. There was only one person who would make a remark like that. It made sense now. The ears, the powers, the cocky attitude, all of it reminded Yusuke of Jin. Was this kid one of Jin and Lita's children in the future? Yusuke would bet every battle he'd fought that this Kaze was. It also made sense why his name translated into wind.
"Thinking about me too Yusuke," Kaze remarked as his ears kept twitching. Kaze found an amused smirk rise to Yusuke's face.
"You know, you're just like him, down to every aspect," Yusuke smirked. For a moment the young man just blinked at the older man before a smirk appeared on his face too.
"So you figured out who I was. Mind keeping it between just us," Kaze said.
"All right deal," Yusuke said.
"By any chance, you haven't figured out who Kage is, did you?" Kaze asked curiously.
"No, I haven't had a chance to observe him like when you were putting on a show back there with Kagura," Yusuke teased.
"Hee, hee. Did I really go overboard with it?" The look Yusuke gave him made the grin on his face grows even more. "My mother always said I had a thing for showy battles. Guess she was right."
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"Are you sure that Serena's fine?" Mari asked the young man that had came and freed him and the other captured young men that Alshra held.
"Yes, I was with her a few minutes ago. She told me to come free you while she finishes taking care of Alshra. You don't have to worry, she won't come after you anymore. You're free to go wherever you want now," Kage replied.
"Could you thank her for us?" Mari asked hopefully. "Could you tell her that we appreciate everything that she has done for us today?" Kage gave the young man a short nod. "Thank you."
Kage watched all the young boys that had been trapped by Alshra leave the compound. "Now that that's done, all I have to do is wait for Serena to come out with Hiei. Then this place will go up in flames." The young man sliced through one of Alshra's statues in order to make it a seat for him to wait for the others. Running a hand through his hair, Kage looked up at the sky. There was still much to be done. At that moment, a ring from his pocket sounded.
Taking out something from his pocket that looked like Serena's star locket, Kage flipped it open. An image of a woman with long pink hair and a male with short black hair with a tuff of blonde in it appeared on the monitor. "Shiro, what in all of the Makai are you doing sitting around like you don't have something to do?" shouted the woman with long pink hair. Her red eyes narrowed as the young man sighed and looked away. "Shiro! You little brat! When I get my hands on you. . ."
"Hey, there's no reason to get angry with me you know," the male said. "I was just thinking about something. What is it that you want anyway Rini?"
"If you weren't my baby brother Shiro, I would kill you. What I wanted was to know the hold up," future Rini said with exasperation. "I swear, you are more like otou-chan than Ryo, or me isn't that right Ryo." The question was directed at the male that was beside her grinning from ear to ear. Rini glared over at him and smacked the male in the back of the head. "Baka."
"What did I do?" yelped future Ryo.
"You're amused that he's turning out to be a brat more each day. I remember when he was sweet and innocent. It's your fault he turned out like that!" Mirai (future) Rini smacked Mirai Ryo in the back of the head again. "Such a damn bad influence."
"I'm going," Shiro said.
"What? Wait a minute! You do remember the mission don't you kid?" Mirai Rini said.
"Yeah. . .me and Shinya apprehend Kiro before he can do anymore damage here, and to protect mother and the others. I know everything by now," Shiro, code named Kage, said as he got up from the halved statue. (A/N: Kage means shadow and when Hiei's name is translated it means flying shadow which is why I gave him that code name cause he's like his father in a way. Funny huh? ^ ^)
"One second Shiro, we're sending Sana to help you," Mirai Rini said. A frown appeared on Shiro's face. "I know that you two have your differences, but you know that she can be a great help to you and Shinya."
"I don't need a mutt working with me. Shinya and I are enough to take care of things. I'm going to find mother and make sure that she's fine. Call me back when you have something important to tell me." Shiro closed the communicator and walked back into the complex to look for his future mother. He knew that he shouldn't have been so mean to his sister, but he was really not in the mood to deal with that incompetent half ningen, half youko witch. He had a feeling that was why she was calling.
Why did they always do that to him when he and Shinya were on assignments? When they were younger, the two got along well, but since puberty, she had been the most annoying specimen of mixed breeding to ever be produced. Well, there was nothing to be done now. Koenma wanted them to work together, so be it. He would work with her as long as humanly possible, then kick her back to the future to go on an assignment with Yukari, Hitomi, Takuya, and the others.
Meanwhile, a pair of violet eyes stared down at a certain unconscious woman. That attack she had used took almost everything out of her. "It would be so empty to kill you while you're so vulnerable future Millennia Queen Serenity. I shall await when you are at full power. You may have stopped me in the future, but here, you shall fall before you reach that status." The figure knelt down beside her and kissed her hand. Pulling back, the figure slipped into the shadows. Alshra was only the beginning of what was in store for her.
A minute later, Shiro walked into the room that he had left Serena in carrying a still unconscious Hiei. Gently placing his father down beside his mother, Ryo sat not too far from them, staring at them. The male's blue eyes grow dangerously dark as he lowered his head onto his drew up knees. "Don't worry, I promise that I will carry out this mission to the fullest. Even if it means giving up my life to protect you. I won't let anything happen to you again."
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Kaze (now identified as Shinya who is the oldest child of Lita and Jin) walked up to the statue that was practically sliced in half with a shake of his head, but an unwavering smile. "This Kage's work all right. Only he would got into a fit like this."
"You mean that he can slice through solid granite?" Kuwabara said.
"Yep! His sword was specially made. It can slice through any material. Even solid gold," Kaze said. "But don't worry, he wouldn't use it on just anyone. I've been his partner for a while now, and even though he's threatened to use it on a "gnat" as he calls her, he hasn't yet. We should get going and find him. I'm sure that he won't be too far from your friends."
The group headed towards where Kaze sensed the other male. Within moments, they were in the room that Serena had fought in. Yusuke, Kurama, and Kuwabara found Hiei and Serena unconscious against a wall. Not too far from them Kage watched them with angst eyes. They quickly cleared when he saw Kaze looking at him sympathetically. Kage stood up from where he sat and walked over to the group.
"Hello again Yusuke, Kurama, Kuwabara. As you see the battle's over. And the captured young men have been set free. And as you see, they're fine, just a bit tired," Kage remarked once reaching them. He then turned his eyes on Kaze. "You had to show off again, didn't you?"
"What makes you think that?" the male with brownish-red hair grinned.
"If it was anyone else, they would have finished that match and headed out already. I swear. . .I don't know what I'm going to do with you, you show boater. By the way, Hime and Hiryu says they're sending Tsuta to help us."
(A/N: Hime translates into princess, which is what Rini is, while Hiryu is a sort of combination word. Hi meaning flame or fire and Ryu being dragon put them together and you get fire dragon. Idea comes from Hiei's Ensatsu Kokuryuha attack. Sana's code name translates to ivy, which you'll understand why when she battles.)
"Guess I'm playing mediator yet again," Kaze smirked, until Kage gave him a completely not amused stare. "Okay, okay, I'll stop with the jokes. But for a while we should get out of here. We do have a mission still."
"Yeah." Kage turned to the group with a short smile. "Take care of them. We have to get going." Before anyone could say a word, the two disappeared into thin air.
"Does anyone get the feeling that we will be seeing them again?" Kuwabara said.
"Yeah, but we should get these two back to their family. I think we can worry about what those two plan on doing later," Yusuke said. There was something more to their appearance than just changing the future. Yusuke had a feeling that whatever it was they were already deeply involved in it.
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Nakoruru: Okay, there you go people. Now you know the identities of Kage and Kaze. How many were surprised by this discovery or like "I had a feeling" sort of thing overcome you?
Blazer: So you're going to continue this a bit further. I guess it would be odd if it wasn't like our normal fics. So you're going to be juggling this and "A Place For My Head" for a while, or at least you finish one?
Nakoruru: Yep! Okay everyone. How did you like it? Review and tell us! The next chapter shall be out Sunday. This time I won't forget to write the chapter. So until then!